diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5834f01fe..6bdeb7cf0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
-  <version>4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.5.0-M1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache Commons Collections</name>
 
   <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
@@ -42,6 +42,346 @@
     <url>https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-collections.git</url>
   </scm>
 
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+      <version>2.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
+      <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
+      <version>5.2.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+      <version>3.14.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+      <version>2.16.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+      <version>1.16.1</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava-testlib</artifactId>
+      <version>33.1.0-jre</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <site>
+      <id>apache.website</id>
+      <name>Apache Commons Site</name>
+      <url>${commons.deployment.protocol}://people.apache.org/www/commons.apache.org/${commons.componentid}</url>
+    </site>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+
+    <!--
+       This is also used to generate download_xxx file name.
+       To override this when generating the download page:
+
+       mvn commons:download-page -Dcommons.componentid=collections
+
+       The above seems to change the download page name but not any other
+       properties that depend on the componentid.
+    -->
+    <commons.componentid>collections</commons.componentid>
+    <commons.module.name>org.apache.commons.collections4</commons.module.name>
+
+    <!-- Current 4.x release series -->
+    <commons.release.version>4.5.0-M1</commons.release.version>
+    <commons.release.version>4.5.0</commons.release.version>
+    <commons.release.desc>(Requires Java 8 or above)</commons.release.desc>
+
+    <!-- Previous 4.2 release on Java 7 -->
+    <commons.release.2.version>4.2</commons.release.2.version>
+    <commons.release.2.desc>(Requires Java 7 or above)</commons.release.2.desc>
+    <!-- Override generated name -->
+    <commons.release.2.name>commons-collections4-${commons.release.2.version}</commons.release.2.name>
+
+    <!-- Previous 4.1 release on Java 6-->
+    <commons.release.3.version>4.1</commons.release.3.version>
+    <commons.release.3.desc>(Requires Java 6 or above)</commons.release.3.desc>
+    <!-- Override generated name -->
+    <commons.release.3.name>commons-collections4-${commons.release.3.version}</commons.release.3.name>
+
+    <!-- Previous 3.x release on Java 1.3 -->
+    <commons.release.4.version>3.2.2</commons.release.4.version>
+    <commons.release.4.desc>(Requires Java 1.3 or above)</commons.release.4.desc>
+    <!-- Override generated name -->
+    <commons.release.4.name>commons-collections-${commons.release.4.version}</commons.release.4.name>
+    <!-- Older release has sha256 only -->
+    <commons.release.4.hash>sha256</commons.release.4.hash>
+    <!-- This is needed until CP49 is released -->
+    <commons.release.4.binary.suffix>-bin</commons.release.4.binary.suffix>
+
+    <commons.jira.id>COLLECTIONS</commons.jira.id>
+    <commons.jira.pid>12310465</commons.jira.pid>
+    <!-- The RC version used in the staging repository URL. -->
+    <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
+
+    <commons.site.path>collections</commons.site.path>
+    <commons.scmPubUrl>https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/commons/content/proper/commons-collections</commons.scmPubUrl>
+    <commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>site-content</commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>
+
+    <!--Commons Release Plugin -->
+    <commons.bc.version>4.4</commons.bc.version>
+    <commons.release.isDistModule>true</commons.release.isDistModule>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <defaultGoal>clean verify apache-rat:check pmd:check checkstyle:check japicmp:cmp javadoc:javadoc</defaultGoal>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${commons.pmd.version}</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <targetJdk>${maven.compiler.target}</targetJdk>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+            <includes>
+              <include>**/*Test.java</include>
+            </includes>
+            <excludes>
+              <exclude>**/*$*</exclude>
+              <exclude>**/TestUtils.java</exclude>
+              <exclude>**/Abstract*.java</exclude>
+              <exclude>**/BulkTest.java</exclude>
+            </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <descriptors>
+            <descriptor>src/assembly/bin.xml</descriptor>
+            <descriptor>src/assembly/src.xml</descriptor>
+          </descriptors>
+          <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>.asf.yaml</exclude>
+            <exclude>site-content/**/*</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/test/resources/org/apache/commons/collections4/data/test/*</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <configLocation>${basedir}/src/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+          <headerLocation>${basedir}/src/conf/license-header.txt</headerLocation>
+          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/src/conf/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+          <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
+          <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
+          <resourceExcludes>NOTICE.txt,LICENSE.txt,**/pom.properties,**/test*.properties,**/resolver-status.properties</resourceExcludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <ignorePathsToDelete>
+            <ignorePathToDelete>javadocs</ignorePathToDelete>
+          </ignorePathsToDelete>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>test-jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <!-- Temporary fix for COLLECTIONS-658, remove this after this has implemented in parent pom -->
+        <configuration>
+          <archive combine.children="append">
+            <manifestEntries>
+              <Automatic-Module-Name>org.apache.commons.collections4</Automatic-Module-Name>
+            </manifestEntries>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+            <source>8</source>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-changes-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${commons.changes.version}</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <issueLinkTemplatePerSystem>
+            <default>%URL%/%ISSUE%</default>
+          </issueLinkTemplatePerSystem>
+          <!--  Add sample JIRA report - 'mvn changes:jira-report' or 'mvn site' -->
+          <onlyCurrentVersion>false</onlyCurrentVersion>
+          <columnNames>Fix Version,Key,Summary,Type,Resolution,Status</columnNames>
+          <!-- Sort cols have to be reversed in JIRA 4 -->
+          <sortColumnNames>Key DESC,Type,Fix Version DESC</sortColumnNames>
+          <resolutionIds>Fixed</resolutionIds>
+          <statusIds>Resolved,Closed</statusIds>
+          <!-- Don't include sub-task -->
+          <typeIds>Bug,New Feature,Task,Improvement,Wish,Test</typeIds>
+          <fixVersionIds>${commons.release.version}</fixVersionIds>
+          <maxEntries>500</maxEntries>
+        </configuration>
+        <reportSets>
+          <reportSet>
+            <reports>
+              <report>changes-report</report>
+              <report>jira-report</report>
+            </reports>
+          </reportSet>
+        </reportSets>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <configLocation>${basedir}/src/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+          <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
+	      <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/src/conf/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+        </configuration>
+	    <reportSets>
+          <reportSet>
+            <reports>
+              <report>checkstyle</report>
+            </reports>
+          </reportSet>
+        </reportSets>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>.asf.yaml</exclude>
+            <exclude>site-content/**/*</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/test/resources/org/apache/commons/collections4/data/test/*</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.github.siom79.japicmp</groupId>
+        <artifactId>japicmp-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+     <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>setup-checkout</id>
+      <activation>
+        <file>
+          <missing>site-content</missing>
+        </file>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>prepare-checkout</id>
+                <phase>pre-site</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <target>
+                    <exec executable="svn">
+                      <arg line="checkout --depth immediates ${commons.scmPubUrl} ${commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory}" />
+                    </exec>
+
+                    <exec executable="svn">
+                      <arg line="update --set-depth exclude ${commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory}/javadocs" />
+                    </exec>
+
+                    <pathconvert pathsep=" " property="dirs">
+                      <dirset dir="${commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory}" includes="*" />
+                    </pathconvert>
+                    <exec executable="svn">
+                      <arg line="update --set-depth infinity ${dirs}" />
+                    </exec>
+                  </target>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+
   <developers>
     <developer>
       <name>Matt Benson</name>
@@ -463,344 +803,5 @@
     </contributor>
   </contributors>
 
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
-      <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-      <version>5.2.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.14.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.16.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16.1</version>
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-      <artifactId>guava-testlib</artifactId>
-      <version>33.1.0-jre</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <site>
-      <id>apache.website</id>
-      <name>Apache Commons Site</name>
-      <url>${commons.deployment.protocol}://people.apache.org/www/commons.apache.org/${commons.componentid}</url>
-    </site>
-  </distributionManagement>
-
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-
-    <!--
-       This is also used to generate download_xxx file name.
-       To override this when generating the download page:
-
-       mvn commons:download-page -Dcommons.componentid=collections
-
-       The above seems to change the download page name but not any other
-       properties that depend on the componentid.
-    -->
-    <commons.componentid>collections</commons.componentid>
-    <commons.module.name>org.apache.commons.collections4</commons.module.name>
-
-    <!-- Current 4.x release series -->
-    <commons.release.version>4.5</commons.release.version>
-    <commons.release.desc>(Requires Java 8 or above)</commons.release.desc>
-
-    <!-- Previous 4.2 release on Java 7 -->
-    <commons.release.2.version>4.2</commons.release.2.version>
-    <commons.release.2.desc>(Requires Java 7 or above)</commons.release.2.desc>
-    <!-- Override generated name -->
-    <commons.release.2.name>commons-collections4-${commons.release.2.version}</commons.release.2.name>
-
-    <!-- Previous 4.1 release on Java 6-->
-    <commons.release.3.version>4.1</commons.release.3.version>
-    <commons.release.3.desc>(Requires Java 6 or above)</commons.release.3.desc>
-    <!-- Override generated name -->
-    <commons.release.3.name>commons-collections4-${commons.release.3.version}</commons.release.3.name>
-
-    <!-- Previous 3.x release on Java 1.3 -->
-    <commons.release.4.version>3.2.2</commons.release.4.version>
-    <commons.release.4.desc>(Requires Java 1.3 or above)</commons.release.4.desc>
-    <!-- Override generated name -->
-    <commons.release.4.name>commons-collections-${commons.release.4.version}</commons.release.4.name>
-    <!-- Older release has sha256 only -->
-    <commons.release.4.hash>sha256</commons.release.4.hash>
-    <!-- This is needed until CP49 is released -->
-    <commons.release.4.binary.suffix>-bin</commons.release.4.binary.suffix>
-
-    <commons.jira.id>COLLECTIONS</commons.jira.id>
-    <commons.jira.pid>12310465</commons.jira.pid>
-    <!-- The RC version used in the staging repository URL. -->
-    <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
-
-    <commons.site.path>collections</commons.site.path>
-    <commons.scmPubUrl>https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/commons/content/proper/commons-collections</commons.scmPubUrl>
-    <commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>site-content</commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>
-
-    <!--Commons Release Plugin -->
-    <commons.bc.version>4.4</commons.bc.version>
-    <commons.release.isDistModule>true</commons.release.isDistModule>
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
-  </properties>
-
-  <build>
-    <defaultGoal>clean verify apache-rat:check pmd:check checkstyle:check japicmp:cmp javadoc:javadoc</defaultGoal>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${commons.pmd.version}</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <targetJdk>${maven.compiler.target}</targetJdk>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-    </pluginManagement>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <configuration>
-            <includes>
-              <include>**/*Test.java</include>
-            </includes>
-            <excludes>
-              <exclude>**/*$*</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/TestUtils.java</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/Abstract*.java</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/BulkTest.java</exclude>
-            </excludes>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptors>
-            <descriptor>src/assembly/bin.xml</descriptor>
-            <descriptor>src/assembly/src.xml</descriptor>
-          </descriptors>
-          <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <excludes>
-            <exclude>.asf.yaml</exclude>
-            <exclude>site-content/**/*</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/test/resources/org/apache/commons/collections4/data/test/*</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <configLocation>${basedir}/src/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-          <headerLocation>${basedir}/src/conf/license-header.txt</headerLocation>
-          <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/src/conf/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
-          <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
-          <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
-          <resourceExcludes>NOTICE.txt,LICENSE.txt,**/pom.properties,**/test*.properties,**/resolver-status.properties</resourceExcludes>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <ignorePathsToDelete>
-            <ignorePathToDelete>javadocs</ignorePathToDelete>
-          </ignorePathsToDelete>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <!-- Temporary fix for COLLECTIONS-658, remove this after this has implemented in parent pom -->
-        <configuration>
-          <archive combine.children="append">
-            <manifestEntries>
-              <Automatic-Module-Name>org.apache.commons.collections4</Automatic-Module-Name>
-            </manifestEntries>
-          </archive>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-            <source>8</source>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
-  <reporting>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-changes-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${commons.changes.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <issueLinkTemplatePerSystem>
-            <default>%URL%/%ISSUE%</default>
-          </issueLinkTemplatePerSystem>
-          <!--  Add sample JIRA report - 'mvn changes:jira-report' or 'mvn site' -->
-          <onlyCurrentVersion>false</onlyCurrentVersion>
-          <columnNames>Fix Version,Key,Summary,Type,Resolution,Status</columnNames>
-          <!-- Sort cols have to be reversed in JIRA 4 -->
-          <sortColumnNames>Key DESC,Type,Fix Version DESC</sortColumnNames>
-          <resolutionIds>Fixed</resolutionIds>
-          <statusIds>Resolved,Closed</statusIds>
-          <!-- Don't include sub-task -->
-          <typeIds>Bug,New Feature,Task,Improvement,Wish,Test</typeIds>
-          <fixVersionIds>${commons.release.version}</fixVersionIds>
-          <maxEntries>500</maxEntries>
-        </configuration>
-        <reportSets>
-          <reportSet>
-            <reports>
-              <report>changes-report</report>
-              <report>jira-report</report>
-            </reports>
-          </reportSet>
-        </reportSets>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <configLocation>${basedir}/src/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-          <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
-	      <suppressionsLocation>${basedir}/src/conf/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
-        </configuration>
-	    <reportSets>
-          <reportSet>
-            <reports>
-              <report>checkstyle</report>
-            </reports>
-          </reportSet>
-        </reportSets>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <excludes>
-            <exclude>.asf.yaml</exclude>
-            <exclude>site-content/**/*</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/test/resources/org/apache/commons/collections4/data/test/*</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.github.siom79.japicmp</groupId>
-        <artifactId>japicmp-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-     <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </reporting>
-
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>setup-checkout</id>
-      <activation>
-        <file>
-          <missing>site-content</missing>
-        </file>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>prepare-checkout</id>
-                <phase>pre-site</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>run</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <target>
-                    <exec executable="svn">
-                      <arg line="checkout --depth immediates ${commons.scmPubUrl} ${commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory}" />
-                    </exec>
-
-                    <exec executable="svn">
-                      <arg line="update --set-depth exclude ${commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory}/javadocs" />
-                    </exec>
-
-                    <pathconvert pathsep=" " property="dirs">
-                      <dirset dir="${commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory}" includes="*" />
-                    </pathconvert>
-                    <exec executable="svn">
-                      <arg line="update --set-depth infinity ${dirs}" />
-                    </exec>
-                  </target>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
-
 </project>
 
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 8ac3a40da..2982caa62 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <title>Apache Commons Collections Release Notes</title>
   </properties>
   <body>
-  <release version="4.5" date="2020-MM-DD" description="Maintenance release.">
+  <release version="4.5.0-M1" date="YYYY-MM-DD" description="Maintenance release.">
     <!-- FIX -->
     <action issue="COLLECTIONS-780" dev="kinow" type="fix" due-to="Arturo Bernal">
       Use assertThrows V2.